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Judges 3:7-9
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Judges 3:7-9
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Othniel: A Model Leader
7 The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight.[a] They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs.[b] 8 The Lord was furious with Israel[c] and turned them over to[d] King Cushan Rishathaim[e] of Armon Haraim.[f] They were Cushan Rishathaim’s subjects[g] for eight years. 9 When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he[h] raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued[i] them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother.[j]
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- Judges 3:7 tn Heb “in the eyes of the Lord.”
- Judges 3:7 sn The Asherahs were local manifestations of the Canaanite goddess Asherah.
- Judges 3:8 tn Or “The Lord’s anger burned (or raged) against Israel.”
- Judges 3:8 tn Heb “sold them into the hands of.”
- Judges 3:8 tn Or “Cushan the Doubly Wicked.”
- Judges 3:8 tc Armon Haraim. Traditionally Aram-Naharaim, and sometimes understood as a place in Mesopotamia. This reading accepts the consonantal text but divides the words after the nun (נ) instead of before. The consonants ארמן הרים could be read with a dual ending as ʾArmon Haraim, meaning “Citadel of the Two Mountains,” or with a plural ending as ʾArmon Harim, meaning “Citadel of the Mountains.” In either case, Cushan Rishathaim is probably a remaining Canaanite king with a fortress in the hill country of Israel. See Beitzel, The Moody Atlas of Bible Lands, 106.
- Judges 3:8 tn Or “they served Cushan Rishathaim.”
- Judges 3:9 tn Heb “the Lord.”
- Judges 3:9 tn Or “delivered.”
- Judges 3:9 tn “Caleb’s younger brother” may refer to Othniel or to Kenaz (in which case Othniel is Caleb’s nephew).
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